熊はまた、２４時間明るい夏は当てはまらないが、夜よりも昼に寝る傾向がある。夜活動するのはアザラシの行動と関係があるだろう。

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English Translation

Bears also tend to sleep more during the day than at night, although in the summer, with twenty-four hours of light, this does not apply.

Furigana

熊(くま)はまた、２４時間(じかん)明(あか)るい夏(なつ)は当(あ)てはまらないが、夜(よる)よりも昼(ひる)に寝(ね)る傾向(けいこう)がある。夜(よる)活動(かつどう)するのはアザラシの行動(こうどう)と関係(かんけい)があるだろう。

Romanji

Kuma wa mata, ni yon jikan akarui natsu wa atehamaranai ga, yoru yori mo hiru ni neru keikō ga aru. yoru katsudōsuru no wa azarashi no kōdō to kankei ga aru darou.

Words

熊 (くま)

bear (animal)

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

又 (また)

again; and; also; still (doing something)

二 (に、ふた、ふ、ふう)

two

四 (し、よん、よ)

four

時間 (じかん)

time; hours

明るい (あかるい)

bright; colourful; cheerful; familiar (with); knowledgeable (about); fair (e.g. politics); clean

夏 (なつ)

summer

当てはまる (あてはまる)

to apply (a rule); to be applicable; to come under (a category); to fulfill

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

夜 (よる、よ)

evening; night

より (より)

than; from; out of; since; at; on; except; but; other than; more

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

昼 (ひる)

noon; midday; daytime; lunch

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

寝る (ねる)

to lie down; to go to bed; to lie in bed; to sleep (lying down); to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie idle

傾向 (けいこう)

tendency; trend; inclination

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

活動 (かつどう)

action; activity; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

海豹 (あざらし、かいひょう、アザラシ)

true seal (animal); earless seal

行動 (こうどう)

action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

関係 (かんけい)

relation; relationship; connection; participation; involvement; concern; influence; effect; sexual relations; sexual relationship; related to ...; connected to ...

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative